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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Personification

what is personification?
  

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If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality. He was usually the personification of kindness.

  • If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
  • He was usually the personification of kindness.
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If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.

He was usually the personification of kindness.
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In literature, it is the giving of human characteristics to an object. Take a look at Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees" for several examples.

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